Work history
WIRELESS IP FORENSICS CONSULTANT, SEPTEMBER 2006 – PRESENT
Wireless Communications Engineering Intellectual Property Expert: Validity, infringement, valuation, assertion targeting, acquisition due diligence, claim charts, Markman ruling assessment, expert report analysis, file history review, Rule 11, and claim construction. My intellectual property clients include global Fortune 100 clients and the leading intellectual property law firms. Perform back-office patent portfolio analysis for law firms or corporate patent buyers/sellers in the following technical domains: cellular radio, WiFi, WiMAX, GSM, WCDMA, LTE, LTE-A, GPRS, EDGE, GPRS, HSPA, OFDM, UMTS, MIMO, HARQ, LDPC, Zigbee, RFID, UWB, DVB, BSS, OSS, network management, mesh networks, speech processing, digital signal processing algorithms, physical layer channel baseband processing, equalization, modulation, cancellation, decoding, call-processing protocols, wireless systems, network architecture, middleware, location based computing, base station or handheld hardware, low-earth orbit satellite mobile communications, system performance analysis, stochastic queueing theory, and wireless video.
TEAM LEADER, MUOS WAVEFORM DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT, JUNE 2008 – FEB. 2009
Subcontractor with Indotronix International to General Dynamics, Scottsdale, AZ. Created and managed the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) Software Defined Radio (SDR) Waveform Development Environment (WDE) software project schedule. Responsible for WDE team tasking and management, schedule earned value tracking, basis of estimate proposal development, and ongoing project management.
INTEL CORPORATION, JUNE 1, 1999 – SEPTEMBER 2006
Intel designated ‘Principal Engineer’, the highest technical level achievable in the company below the nominated “Intel Fellow” designation
INTEL WIDE TECHNICAL LEADERSHIP ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Member Intel Wireless, Mobile, and RF/Baseband Patent Committees
• Member Intel Research Council (Distributed Systems Research Committee)
• Member Intel University Distinguished Speaker’s Series
• Mentornet member, for five years, mentoring multi-ethnic females in university engineering programs, including two ongoing Intel female fast-tracker mentorships
• Intel University Instructor: (1) Intel Values, (2) Intel Management by Objectives, (3) Patent Training for Engineers
• Member Mobile Internet Client Market Segment Analysis, Strategic Long Range Planning, teams
INTEL - SEPTEMBER 2004 – JULY 2006
LEGAL & GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS: PATENTS AND LICENSING GROUP
PRINCIPAL ENGINEER, LEAD PATENT STRATEGIST
Managed a team of patent engineering technologists, 2/3L law school interns, focused upon patent defensive/offensive matters, licensing, and patent purchasing. Lead patent technologist for wireless related matters (WiMAX, WiFi, WCDMA, OFDM/A, UMTS, 3GPP, 3/4G, EDGE, GSM, LTE)
• Responsible for over $50M in patent portfolio licensing and purchasing analyses. In most cases my recommendations were key to go/no-go decisions.
• Leader and member of significant patent litigation related teams. Worked closely with outside law firms preparing claims charts, conducting wireless patent reviews, Rule 11 analyses, and infringement, non-infringement, invalidity analyses. Recipient of Divisional Recognition Award for fab simulation litigation matter.
• Synthesis of numerous global IP benchmarks for Corporate Patent Council strategic discussions.
INTEL - JANUARY 2004 – AUGUST 2004
INTEL COMMUNICATIONS GROUP CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICE, COMMUNICATIONS ARCHITECTURE LAB
Principal Engineer, Cross Layer Protocol Optimization Architect, Chandler, AZ
Defined 802.11n cross-layer protocol software architecture for multimedia over wireless content (WiFi 802.11, WiMAX 802.16) intersecting the Eastfork II product family.
• As ICG Chief Software Engineer, established the software architectural vision, development program for Intel’s EastFork II Digital Home initiative
• Recipient of Q1’04 ICG Quarterly Recognition Award for leadership in the MIPI Alliance standards membership initiative
• Invited Speaker, ICG Communications Conference, “Low Power Software Development”
• Keynote speaker at October 2004 Management of Multimedia Networks and Services 2004 in San Diego
INTEL - JANUARY 2002 – DECEMBER 2003
WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS & COMPUTING GROUP (WCCG), CHANDLER, AZ
PRINCIPAL ENGINEER, CHIEF SOFTWARE ARCHITECT INTEL® PCA ARCHITECTURE
Provided operational and strategic leadership to the seven member of the WCCG Intel® PCA software architecture definition team and owned setting the Intel® PCA software architectural vision leveraging Intel XScale® microprocessors.
• As WCCG Chief Software Engineer, established the software architectural vision, built the team, and led the effort to define Intel's third-generation cellular handheld software architecture (3G, WCDMA, EDGE) for the Intel® Personal Internet Client Architecture (Intel® PCA) initiative
• Lead the efforts to proliferate the Intel® PCA software architecture vision into the product development organizations across WCCG and Intel
• Owned the strategic long range planning activity (Market Segment Analysis, Platform Strategic Direction, Strategic Long Range Plan) to define the evolution of the Intel® PCA initiative through 2008
• Member of numerous strategic task forces, e.g., WCCG University Research Council, Intel Research Council, Intel Capital due diligence portfolio company investment team, Corporate T-SLRP and business SLRP teams
• Recipient of 2003 WCCG Divisional Recognition Award for Intel® PCA Specification Development
• Organizational evangelist for the Intel® PCA initiative. Point man to external events, e.g.,
o Intel Sales & Marketing Conference – Basics of Wireless Communications
o Telecom Systems Modeling Conference Keynote – Technologies for the Next Millennium
o Intel Development Forum– Japan, China – Intel® PCA
o Software Defined Radio Forum – Enabling New Markets with Mobile Client Technologies
o Mobile Telecoms Japan Conference – Mobile Multimedia
o Deutsche Bank Technology Conference – Next Generation Baseband Chipsets Panel Discussion
INTEL - JUNE 1999 – DECEMBER 2001
WIRELESS COMPUTING ENHANCEMENT ARCHITECTURE LAB (WCEL), CHANDLER, AZ
DIRECTOR AND PROGRAM COORDINATOR
Director of a advanced technology (47 persons) organization of diverse technologists focused upon diverse programs such as, signal integrity, architectural modeling of cellular/wireless platforms, competitive benchmarking, mobile multimedia, and industry standards support. WCEL provided advanced technologies and capabilities, most having an 18 to 24 month horizon, that supported WCCG’s strategic product development directions. Member of the WCCG leadership team and contributed to the operational success of WCCG. As one of the organization's senior technical leaders, was also an important member of WCCG’s strategy team and Intel's Research Council. Responsible for its daily operation, for the strategic direction of CEL’s advanced technology development programs, and for ensuring that these programs intersect the long-term business needs of WCCG’s product organizations.
• Drawing upon extensive hardware and software systems design experience, set the overall direction and the execution strategies of a divisional resource for wireless hardware and software technologies, including, multimedia video processing, distributed software architectures, infrastructure definition, DSP tools & libraries, XScale® and Blackfin DSP cellular phone chipset architecture definitions (WCDMA, GSM, 3/4G), modeling and analysis, HW/SW co-design, and competitive benchmarking
• One of the originators of Intel's third-generation wireless architectural initiative and subsequent program manager of the Intel® Personal Internet Client Architecture (Intel® PCA) initiative.
• Salvaged languishing architectural synthesis program, provided the appropriate systems engineering vision, and built the team now delivering key architectural exploration, modeling, and co-design technology
• Identified the gap, created the vision, and staffed Intel WCCG’s first efforts in international 3G standards activities
• Represent the organization externally at numerous industry events, including speaking engagements, many of which requested my participation by name
• Regular participant in Intel Capital portfolio due diligence investigations and was one of the original DSPC post-acquisition patent portfolio technical assessors
• Day-to-day operational responsibilities for long range planning, execution, and operation of a division level advanced technology lab with a $15M budget
ISOQUANTIC TECHNOLOGIES, JULY 1994 – FEBRUARY, 1999
FOUNDER & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, CHANDLER, AZ
Hands-on chief executive and technical leader of a thirty-person organization. Guided the company’s formation, business strategy and growth from $40K in 1994 to over $6M in revenues in 1998. Direct responsibilities included:
• Architecture and telephony/cellular call-processing design of a broadband PCS1900 BSS based upon the Phase 2 ETSI GSM Specifications (two patents were filed on behalf of our client, AirNet Communications, based upon IQ Tech’s design, and was winner of Best Technical Innovation at the 1997 GSM World Congress)
• Technical team leader for C++ development and integration of ETSI GSM BSC telephony/cellular call processing software by IQ Tech staff at client's site
• Performance analysis of broadband GSM enhanced H.323 (VoIP) system using Motorola MPC860 processors
• PCS1900 BSS Software Project Management Consultant
• Design of a patented GSM/PCS1900 BTS radio resource manager
• Modeling and analysis of GSM cellular and mobile satellite systems, including PSTN interfaces
• Thuraya mobile satellite system telephony/cellular call processing and routing engineering protocol design (queueing theory applied to traffic engineering)
• Author of numerous telephony/cellular network level requirements specifications for the Iridium, next- generation Iridium (INX), and ACeS mobile satellite systems
• Conducted investment banking due diligences assessing program-wide object-oriented software development pro¬cesses, telephony/cellular call processing design, and performance of the ICO mobile satellite sys¬tem
• Marketing and R&D strategic analysis consulting for clients in the following areas: business strategies, technology adoption studies, software technologies, project man¬agement
• Designer of the SELDON decision support software application for the Macintosh
• Chief engineer for CORBAcell™- a CORBA compliant, n-way, multimedia communications API for distributed software communications now used by NEC’s satellite control centers around the world
• Participation US next generation mobile and satellite systems standards (TG8/1 IMT- 2000)
MOTOROLA, INC. 1989-1994
TECHNICAL STAFF ENGINEER/GROUND INFRASTRUCTURE ARCHITECTURE MANAGER, MOTOROLA SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION, CHANDLER, AZ
• Manager/Technical Lead, IRIDIUM Network Architecture Group
• Conceived, planned and instituted the IRIDIUM Network GSM related satellite call processing specifications design pro¬gram with unique cycle time and error reducing components
• Designed job descriptions, recruited and hired key architecture team members
• Introduced and enabled external funding for a strategic new software architecture strategy for multimedia com¬munications to be used across the corporation and in next-generation satellite systems
• Set up and managed an Iridium Network Analysis, Simulation and Planning (NASP) Group
• Key technical contributor to numerous performance modeling investigations of routing algorithms, scientific visualization activities, capacity planning, on-board satellite performance, spot-beam optimization, ground gateway location, and network queueing
• Identified needs, obtained contracts, and managed several external subcontractors and consultants participating in network design activities
• Managed budget exceeding $65M
• Co-author, Recommendation ITU-R M.1167 - Framework for the Satellite Component of International Mobile Telecommunications-2000, formulating 3rd-generation LEO satellite strategies
MOTOROLA PRINCIPAL STAFF ENGINEER, CELLULAR INFRASTRUCTURE DIVISION, ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL
• Member, Advanced Technology for Digital Cellular Radio Group
• Managed small team (12) of technical direct reports, summer interns, consultants
• Performance, capacity, and reliability architect for Japan Digital Cellular product that interworked with AMPS, NAMPS, TDMA, and CDMA cellular systems and the PSTN
• One of three authors of System Technical Requirements Document and Architectural Requirements Definition Document for unix based real time digital cellular radio system
• Member of the evaluation team of Qualcomm’s CDMA technology in its early incubation days
• Performance architect for Motorola’s first fault tolerant, PowerPC based computer for telecomm applications
• ETSI GSM Digital Cellular Radio System Software Architect and Network Performance Analyst
• Developed complete ETSI GSM system call processing performance model
• Designed several queueing-theory-based tools still being used throughout the corporation
• Introduced the use of supercomputing technology for network performance studies and globally constrained optimization problems
• Conducted specialized research of cellular radio frequency planning and dynamic chan¬nel allocation methods
• Adjunct Graduate Level Professor- Statistics, Computer Performance Modeling, Depaul University, Chicago, IL
ALCATEL NETWORK SYSTEMS, RALEIGH, NC, 1987-1989
PRINCIPAL HARDWARE STAFF ENGINEER, SONET PROJECT
• Led a hardware Design Assurance Group and instituted robust engineering design tech¬niques, e.g., Taguchi Methods, design for manufacturability, reliability engineering, for hardware design engineers
• Appointed R&D division design consultant for SDH/SONET-compliant 50 Mbps electro-opti¬cal interface design, after salvaging design instability problem with unique PLL
• Created advanced mathematical analyses for microwave high frequency circuit designs to improve product stability and reliability
SO. ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, CHERRY POINT, NC, 1986-1988
DIRECTOR/ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, CHERRY POINT MARINE AIR STATION OFF-CAMPUS BRANCH
• Director of off-campus undergraduate degree programs for military personnel
• Recruited, managed adjunct faculty and staff of 12. Administered financial aid programs, planned budgets, and advised student population of over 200 at Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station, NC
• Taught Business Strategy, Corporate Finance, Introduction to Management, Optical Communications, Microprocessor Based Circuit Design, and Management Special Top¬ics at nationwide off campus centers and at Carbondale, IL main campus
• Conducted DoD continuing engineering education seminars: optical network design and secure communications (CDMA)
AUGUSTA TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, AUGUSTA, GA, 1984-1986
DEPARTMENT HEAD, ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES
• Designed ABET-certified EET curricula for statewide technical institutes
• Served on numerous statewide technical college committees
• Managed day and evening faculty of thirteen in EET Department
• Taught RF Propagation Theory, Digital and Data Communications, Satellite Communi¬cations, Optical Electronics, DSP Programming, Control Theory
• Adjunct Professor, Mathematics, Physics, Columbus College, Augusta, GA
UNITED ELECTRONICS INSTITUTE, TAMPA, FL, 1982-1984
DEPARTMENT HEAD, ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY DIVISION (PART-TIME)
• Managed twelve evening faculty staff
• Taught every course in the two-year, EET curriculum multiple times
SEMINARY STUDIES, 1975 - 1982
• Catholic Jesuit School of Theology, California Province, MDiv with additional post-graduate Licentiate in Sacred Theology (STL) certificate
• Pastor (bi-vocational), Sovereign Grace Baptist Church (1982-1984)
• Faculty Mentor, The North American Reformed Seminary, http://www.tnars.net
• Founder, Reformed Theology Institute, http://www.reformedtheologyinstitute.com
U.S. ARMY, 1969 – 1975
• Vietnam, 4th Infantry Division, 4th Engineer Battalion, Pleiku & An Khe, 1969 – 1970
• US Armed Forces Japan, 1970 - 1972
• U. S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps, 1973 – 1975
Education and qualifications
PH.D. ENGINEERING APPLIED SCIENCE, COLUMBIA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY**, SAN RAFAEL, CA, 1989
Dissertation research provided a unified analytical framework for network analysis of CSMA/CD network protocols that captured steady-state throughput, time delays, buffer occupancy, and packet rejection probabilities.
Dissertation: Computer Communication Network Analysis in Markovian Environments
Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Sukomal Bose
MS, ADMINISTRATION & SUPERVISION OF ADULT EDUCATION, NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, FT. LAUDERDALE, FL, 1986
Completed studies with perfect 4.0 GPA
Applied classical Delphi statistical techniques to engineering curriculum design
Thesis: Engineering Curriculum Design Using a Modified Delphi Technique
B.S. ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, COLUMBIA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY**, SAN RAFAEL, CA, 1984
Major emphasis: RF circuit design
Senior Project: Smith Chart High Frequency Microwave Circuit Design
**NOTE: From 1978 to 1998, CPU offered a nontraditional, California state-approved, but not regionally accredited, graduate degrees for working professionals, that combined studies at other universities, practical work experience, and guided independent study, culminating with the traditional capstone requirements, including a Ph.D. dissertation. CPU apparently lost its way in the late 1990’s, verging towards diploma mill status, and, after many legal and state battles, was forced to close its doors. Fortunately, I and a few thousand other alumni, e.g., John Gray (Men are from Mars, Women from Venus book author), missed all of this, ahem, excitement. My course work included: BS undergraduate core curriculum (University Maryland Military Extension), Management & Information Systems (USC Extension), Teleprocessing & Computer Networks (USC Extension), Statistical Analysis (Boston Univ. Extension), Operations Research (Boston Univ. Extension)
CONTINUING EDUCATION
Intel LEAD I & II, Intel Strategy & Action in Information Industry (Burgelman), Intel Managing At Intel (MAI), Motorola Management Institute, Motorola Product Development Institute, Telecommunications Traffic Engineering, Advanced Microprocessors, Satellite Communications, Information Systems Analysis, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Signal Processing, Intro. to C/C++/C# Programming, Object-Oriented Design and Analysis, Real-Time Object-Oriented Design, Dale Carnegie Management Seminar, Business Scenario Option Development, Business Strategy and Standards, ATM Network Performance Analysis, Software Engineering Institute Capability Maturity Model Program Assessment, Advanced Visual Basic Programming, Intel General Manager WCCG Leadership College, Counterintelligence Awareness Training (CCOM5704)
PROFESSIONAL LICENSES AND MEMBERSHIPS
Engineer-in-Training (EIT) License, California State Board of Engineering, License #XE070518
FCC General Commercial Radiotelephone License with Ship Radar Endorsement, License #PG-7T-7059
Member ACM, and IEEE Vehicular Technology and Communications Societies
Member of MENSA high IQ society since age 8
Defensive publication, "Reducing Processor Workload Using Subscriber Behavior Profiles", http://ip.com/IPCOM/000006283
US Patent 7,305,569 “Method for adjusting a set of actual power states”
US Patent 7,266,729 “Managing a Wireless Platform”
US Patent 5,953,668 "Radio Channel Management Functionality Distribution in Wireless Communication System"
Publications
Supporting ATM on a Low-Earth-Orbit Satellite System, Proc. of ITC Seminar on Teletraffic Modelling and Measurement, Leidschendam, The Netherlands, pp. 95-106, 1995.
MSS Architectures for 21st Century Wireless Communications, The Third Annual International Conference on Universal Personal Communications, September 27-October 1, 1994, pp. 460-464, San Diego, CA.
Recommendation ITU-R M.1167 - Framework for the Satellite Component of International Mobile Telecommunications-2000, International Telecommunication Union, Task Group 8/1, October, 1995.
GSM Network Architecture Issues for the Next Century, 1994 IEEE Vehicular Technology Con-ference, June 8-10, Stockholm, Sweden.
IRIDIUM: An Operation’s Researcher's Field of Dreams, Second International Telecommunica-tions Systems Conference, March 12-15, 1994, Nashville, TN.
Exploring Your Creativity, A Four-Part Series, GSTG Cycle Time News, January thru April, 1994
IRIDIUM: A Researcher's Field of Dreams, SIAM Visiting Lecturer Program, University of Mich¬igan, Arizona State University, 1994
IRIDIUM Network Architecture Requirements Definition, version 1.0, December 1993
IRIDIUM End-User's View Document, version 1.4, November, 1993
MONTE: Motorola Osmium Network Telecommunications Environment, July, 1993
Simulation and Modeling GRAND Challenges for the Nineties. Simulation Conference 19, August 24-26, 1993, Wash., DC
Network Topological Design Using Modsim II, Motorola SRD Walkthrough, v4, 1Q93
Simulating the Network Systems of the Future at Motorola, Simulation Conference 17, August 25-27, 1992, Wash., DC
An Extensible Model of the GSM Radio Control Channels, Proceedings of the Summer Computer Simulation Conference, July, 1992, pp. 496-500.
Signaling Traffic in the Pan-European Digital Cellular Radio (GSM) System, 1992 IEEE Vehicu-lar Technology Conference, May 11-13, Denver, CO.
Dynamic Channel Assignment Strategies in a Microcellular System, Motorola Science and Advi-sory Board Associates Microcellular Symposium, April 13-15, 1992.
A Self-Planning Cellular Radio System Using Dynamic Resource Allocation, Patent Disclosure CE02365R, April 2, 1992.
Network Analysis, Simulation and Planning, Motorola Technical Enrichment Matrix presenta-tion, March 19, 1992.
The Age of Computerized Simulation, Cellular & Mobile International, v. 2, Issue 1, Winter 1992, Intertec Publishers.
Network Performance Analysis and Modeling (NPAM) Charter, Motorola EMX Filememo 2073, January 1992.
Reducing Processor Workload Using Subscriber Behavior Profiles, Patent Disclosure CE0068R, Technical Developments, v. 14, December 1991.
Applications of Statistical Methods to Terminating Simulations, Presentation to Dept. of Com-puter Science, DePaul University, December 17, 1991, Chicago, IL.
Modeling Future Communications Systems, Simulation Conference 16, August 20-22, 1991, San Diego, CA.
Network and Radio Receiver Simulation Studies of the Pan-European Digital Cellular System, 1991 IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, May 13-17, St. Louis, MO.
Spread-Spectrum Communication Systems, Motorola Technical Enrichment Matrix presentation, May 9, 1991.
Network Performance Analysis and Modeling (NPAM): A Process Methodology, Motorola EMX Filememo 1782, April 1991
Generating Call-Flow Diagrams Using Flowgen, Motorola EMX Filememo 1783, April 1991.
Network Performance Analysis and Modeling: A Proposal, Motorola EMX Filememo 1774, Feb. 1991.
Designing for Overload Control in Finite-Queue Processor Systems: Part 1, Motorola EMX File-memo 1652, July 1990.
Using PERT Analysis Wisely - Avoiding the Pitfalls: A Simulationist's Perspective, 1990 Motor-ola Software Engineering Symposium, June 18-19, Schaumburg, IL.
TRANsaction SIMulator (TRANSIM) User's Manual, Motorola EMX Filememo 1588, April 1990.
System Reliability Prediction Methods, Motorola GSM Design Engineer Seminar, March 1990.
Simulation Methods State-of-the-Art, Motorola RTSG Engineer Seminar, January 1990.
Hardware Design Assurance in R&D Environments, 1989 Quality in Electronics Conference of the American Society of Quality Control, October 5-7, San Jose, CA.
Interdisciplinary + Interinstitutional = Success, 1988 Non-Traditional Education Conference, George Mason University, VA.
Curricula Validity or Educational Handwaving?, 1988 IEEE SOUTHEASCON, Tampa, FL.
Transistor Circuit Design Analysis by Computer Methods, 1st Annual Georgia Engineering Tech¬nology Conference, 6/17/86, Atlanta, GA
Seminar- Teaching Engineering: Seeking Excellence, 1st Annual Georgia Engineering Technol-ogy Conference, June 17, 1986, Atlanta, GA
Power Amplifier and Matching Network Design, Mobile Radio Technology, (4), 12
Satellite Communications, Technical Education Series of the Electronic Technologists Associa-tion, (7), 4, 1985
Gallium Arsenide and its High-Frequency Advantages, Technical Education Series of the Elec-tronic Technologists Association, (6), 8, 1984
Cellular Radio Systems, Technical Education Series of the Electronic Technologists Association, (6), 3, 1984
